Tuesday, January 27, 2009

Merry #@$%! Christmas, Mr. Potter!

Every time a bell rings, an alderman gets his bling:

"But if you're asking me do I see myself like a modern-day Frank Capra movie, and I'm the Jimmy Stewart or Gary Cooper character, a guy idealistically trying to do what's right for people, fighting a system, and then be pushed back? Yeah, I see myself that way."

I met plenty of people like him when I lived in Chicago. It's one of the many paradoxes of the Windy City, since there are so many smart and resourceful people there, it's always boggled my mind that they continue to elect such low-rent politicians.